Vincentia

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Vincentia

Say it: vin-SEN-shuh

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Meaning

Feminine of Vincentius 'conquering'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Common in southern Italy and Spain into the early 20th century as Vincenza and Vicenta.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

54 babies given this name since 1913
At its height in 1913, about 1 in 89,200 girls
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Latin Italian Spanish

The family of the name

Italian	Vincenza
Spanish	Vicenta
French	Vincente

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Where this comes from

Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.